Within about 12 hours, a man and a woman met for the first time, shared some drinks at a local
bar and died together of an apparent drug overdose in a Northwest Side apartment, police said.

The two — Jenny Bird of the Far North Side and Peter Salib of the Northwest Side — were found
dead in an apartment at 8000 Rhapsody Dr. shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday, Columbus police
said.

Bird, 33, and Salib, 34, were found by Nathaniel Hamlin, 24, who lives in the Rhapsody Drive
apartment, which is part of the Montgomery Court complex.

Hamlin called police just before 10 a.m., after waking and realizing the two weren’t breathing,
said Denise Alex-Bouzounis, police spokeswoman.

Yesterday afternoon, Hamlin said that Salib was his best friend and declined to comment
further.

Police said that Hamlin told them that he had gone to Yogi’s Bar and Grill, 3880 Hard Rd., with
Salib on Wednesday night. At some point, they met Bird, and she began talking with Salib. Hamlin
said he headed home around 1 a.m.

Later, Salib called Hamlin and asked him for a ride back to his place. Hamlin said he brought
both Salib and Bird back to his apartment, then went to sleep.

He woke in the morning to find them both not breathing and called police.